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SPORTS &GAMES

Ø  Nadal defeats Tsitsipas to win 11th Barcelona open title

Ø  Rafael Nadal of Spain earned his 11th Barcelona Open tennis title as he crushed the rising Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-1.

Ø  Archery World Cup: India shines

Ø  India has won bronze in the compound mixed team event at the Archery World Cup. Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam combined to beat the Turkish team of Yesim Bostan and Demir Elmaagacli by a score of 154-148.

Ø  Jeremy won 2 medals at Weightlifting C’ship

Ø  India’s Jeremy Lalrinnunga (56 kg) broke two national records to win the silver in Youth section and bronze medal in Junior section at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship at Urgench, Uzbekistan. Jeremy created national records in youth boys and junior men during his lift of 250 kg.

Ø  India to host Asian Weightlifting C’ships

Ø  Indian will host the prestigious Asian Weightlifting Championship in 2019. The Championship was awarded to India at the Executive Board Meeting and Congress of the Asian Weightlifting Federation held on April 22 at Urgench, Uzbekistan.

Ø  Rivzi gets silver at ISSF World Cup

Ø  Shahzar Rizvi clinched India’s first medal at the ISSF World Cup, winning a silver in the 10m air pistol event. Rizvi had won the gold medal in the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico in March. Russia clinched the gold medal while the bronze went to Bulgaria.

Ø  Rafael Nadal wins 31st Monte Carlo Masters Title

Ø  Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Japan’s Kei Nishikori by 6-3, 6-2 in the Monte Carlo Masters final won his 31st Masters title. It is also Nadal’s 11th Monte Carlo Masters title in 14 years.

Ø  India Wins 8th South Asian Judo Championship

Ø  India has won 8th South Asian Judo Championship held in Lalitpur, Nepal. On the concluding day of the championship, Indian women and men won team events. India topped the medal tally winning 10 Gold and 3 Bronze medals in the individual category. Host Nepal remained second and Pakistan got third place.

Ø  Indian women excel at 8th South Asian Judo Championship in Lalitpur

Ø  In a historic performance Indian women made clean sweep at 8th South Asian Judo Championship in Lalitpur, Nepal. India won all 4 Gold Medals in women’s section. India’s L Sushila Devi won the gold in the 48kg category defeating Humaira Ashiq of Pakistan in the final. The second gold was won by Kalpana Devi Thoudam, who beat Maryam of Pakistan in the 52kg category.

Ø  Barcelona won fourth Copa del Rey in a row 

Ø  Barcelona became the first team in 85 years to win four straight Copa del Rey titles after defeating Sevilla 5-0 in the final. Luis Suarez scored twice, and Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, and Philippe Coutinho also made the scoresheet for Barcelona’s record-extending 30th Copa triumph.

Ø  Bengaluru FC wins Super cup football tournament

Ø  Bengaluru FC have won the inaugural edition of Super Cup Football tournament. In the final at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today, they defeated Kolkata football giants East Bengal by a convincing margin of 4-1.

Ø  Daniel Ricciardo wins Chinese Grand Prix 2018

Ø  The 2018 Chinese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo won the race ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen.

Ø  Boxer Satish Kumar bags silver at CWG

Ø  Boxer Satish Kumar clinched silver after losing to England’s Frazer Clarke in the men’s super heavyweight category (+91 kg) to take India’s medal tally to 59 at CWG 2018. The 28-year-old became the first Indian to win silver in the men’s super heavyweight category at CWG.

Ø  Manika Batra wins historic singles gold in TT at CWG 2018

Ø  Manika Batra became the first-ever Indian woman to bag gold in the women’s table tennis singles’ event in Commonwealth Games history. The 22-year-old paddler from Delhi defeated Singapore’s Mengyu Yu in the final to bag her third medal at CWG 2018.

Ø  CWG 2018 Concludes: Australia Tops Medal Tally, India Third

Ø  India finished third in the medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2018 with 66 medals (26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze). Only Australia with 198 medals and England with 136 were ahead. India’s 26 Golds was also third, behind Australia (80) and England (45). India’s combined 66 medals is its third-best showing in the history of the Games.

Ø  Germany top FIFA rankings, Brazil second

Ø  The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of April 2018 ranked current world champions, Germany at the top despite one draw and defeat in March. Belgium moved up two places to the third rank, Portugal and Argentina each dropped a place to be ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

Ø  CWG 2018: Mary Kom, 1st Indian Woman to win CWG Boxing Gold

Ø  Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom has become the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Ø  CWG 2018: Neeraj Chopra, 1st Indian to win Gold in Javelin Throw

Ø  Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, with a season’s best effort of 86.47m in the final.

Ø  Virat Kohli, Mithali Raj named Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year

Ø  Both Indian captains of men and women’s cricket team, Virat Kohli and Mithali Raj were named among Wisden’s leading cricketers of the year. Kohli was named leading male cricketer for the second successive year. Mithali Raj, who led India to the final of ‘Women’s World Cup’ and emerged as the all-time leading run-scorer in women’s ODI, was named standout female cricketer of the year.

Ø  India’s Kidambi Srikanth becomes World no. 1 Badminton player

Ø  Kidambi Srikanth has become the first Indian male badminton player to attain the world number one ranking since Prakash Padukone in the 1980s. Srikanth had become the first-ever Indian to win four Super Series titles in a year in 2017.

Ø  Spain’s Muguruza wins 2018 Monterrey Open

Ø  Top seed and World No.3 Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain fought her way to her first title of the year at the Abierto GNP Seguros, with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over No.4 seed Timea Babos of Hungary to win 2018 Monterrey Open.

Ø  CWG 2018: India Win Badminton Team Gold for first time In CWG History

Ø  India clinched their first-ever badminton mixed team event gold in Commonwealth Games history after defeating defending champions Malaysia 3-1 in the final at Gold Coast. Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth represented India in singles’ matches of the five-member team event.

Ø  Sebastian Vettel Wins Bahrain Grand Prix

Ø  Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won his second Grand Prix in as many races, at the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas finished second by just 0.699 seconds.

Ø  Bayern coasts to sixth consecutive bundesliga title

Ø  Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga champions for the 6th time by defeating Augsburg. Bayern Munich has now become league champion for the 28th time in its history.

Ø  Leander Paes Becomes Most Successful Player In Davis Cup

Ø  Indian tennis’ ageless wonder Leander Paes became the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup as he combined with Rohan Bopanna to not only grab a record 43rd win but also bring the country back in the tie against China.

Ø  India win South East Asian Women Handball C’ship

Ø  India defeated Bangladesh by 27-10 in a one-sided match to win the fifth South East Asian Women Handball Championship at K.D. Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow.

Ø  India’s Selena, Shreya clinched bronze in TT

Ø  India’s Selena Selvakumar and Shreya Shivakumar clinched two bronze medals at the 2018 Ivory Coast Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis Tournament in Abidjan, Africa. Selena settled for the bronze in the junior girls’ singles. Shreya teamed up with China’s Yininghua Hu got a medal in the junior girls’ doubles category of the event which is part of the International Table Tennis Federation.

Ø  Himanta Sarma elected as President of BAI

Ø  Himanta Biswa Sarma has been elected as the President of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) for the next 4 years. He is a Cabinet ranked Minister and convener of the North East Democratic Alliance. He had taken over as the interim President of BAI last year after the demise of former president Akhilesh Das Gupta.

Ø  Commonwealth Games 2018 starts at Gold Coast in Australia

Ø  The 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games will begin in Gold Coast, Australia, with a colourful opening ceremony. This will be a momentous day for the city as the biggest event in its history begins. Carrara Stadium has been chosen as the venue to host the opening ceremony. These Games will mark the 5th time that Australia has hosted the games. India will be represented at the opening ceremony by a contingent of over 200 athletes who will be led by flag-bearer P V Sindhu.

Ø  New head of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit

Ø  BCCI has appointed former Rajasthan Director General of Police Ajit Singh as the head of its Anti-Corruption Unit. He will replace former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar.

Ø  Miami Open 2018- complete list of winners

Ø  The Miami Open, sometimes known as the Miami Masters, is an annual tennis tournament for men and women currently held in Florida, the USA.

Here is the complete list of Miami Open 2018 Title:

S.No.	Category	Winner	Runner Up
1.	Men’s Singles	John Isner (USA)	Alexander Zverev (Germany)
2.	Women’s Singles	Sloane Stephens (USA)	Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
3.	Men’s Doubles	Mike Bryan (USA), Bob Bryan (USA)	Karen Khachanov (Russia), Andrey Rublev (Russia)
4.	Women’s Doubles	CoCo Vandeweghe (USA), Ashleigh Barty (Australia)	Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic), Katerina Siniakova  (Czech Republic)

Ø  Sloane Stephens beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko to win Miami title

Ø  US tennis player Sloane Stephens beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 to win her first Miami Open title. She is currently holding World No 12 position.

Ø  Kerala lifts their sixth Santosh Trophy

Ø  Kerala have lifted their sixth Santosh Trophy Football title. In a thrilling final at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, they beat defending champions and 32-time winners Bengal via penalty shootout.

Ø  JKCA appoints Irfan Pathan as coach-cum-mentor

Ø  The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) appointed former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan as the coach-cum-mentor of its senior state side for the 2018-19 season.

Ø  Mithali Raj adjudged ‘Sportsperson of the year’

Ø  Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj was adjudged ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ while ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and P V Sindhu bagged the best senior male and female athletes at the Telangana Sports Journalists Association annual awards for 2017 in Hyderabad.